Grain-car door



Sept. '15, 1925. 1,554,025v

.' E. E. PEOPLES GRAIN CAR DOOR Filed April 5 1924 2 Sheets-Sheetl Wil.,l

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' E. B. PEDPLES GRAIN CAR DOOR Filed April 5 1924 ,2' Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

EDWARD 12B. PEOPLES, 0F QTOE,

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Applicatie-.filed .Aprile 4.9.2.4. ...Sei-iii lip-704.494-

To elli-whomdtmeyewieemf `Be it fimewn that EDWARD B- .PEeP-.Lieei .e.citizen 4of lthe United `States, residing at :.Qtee, .in the .County.ef Otee end y,State of Nebraska, has invented certain .new and usefuly, Iinprovenients in Grain-Gar Doors, of .which `.the following iis naspecilication.

-llhieiilvengtien relates A.t0 eigiainfeer door and Ihas for itsprincipal. obj ect to .provide a means fier preventing `the grain fromecci- .fdentally Kbeing :discharged through leakage 'es frequentlyfheppeiie `with .the :grain doors anew in anse, :ineens being furtherfprf'evided for enabling the V(intuitie1.1 .of .the door in 55.11.0.11manner :este feeltete the feeey l.die- .ehelfge ldf the .grain 1tienethe leer iiitheiit e115 .lese

Aetill ifertheriebieetet .the inieritienie te provvide@ granite-.er deer.ofthe aebeve' melitiolied ieliereeter, wherein. the .Seme is adapted.te -be :..eQiiStriietedin sections-.festenilig means .being esseeietedtherewith 'for securely .-.holding :the .deer in .e `.closedpositien-endfeeveringithe de Qr-iepening in Such a mannerfras to prouidela tight iit `around the door .freine te0 .es te ipreirent t the.pessifbilty of the `grein y'leeldiig therethrough while the zeer. :isin motion- Astill further object .is to `provide c,a -f grain .eendeenettheieeetienelitype `zwllereiii Ineens .ieipreiidediforislidabl'yfSuppeiting tlieseme in position onthe eer.,braieugmeenszbeilig `eseeeated wthfthe gtan-ear and forming eiguideimeenS-ifer .heldngziheeeetons in vertleel alignment .when the.seme .are .moved :rearwardly lto .uneeifer the i door Opening `Afurther .Qbjeetisfte provide aigrener deer ef .fthe .ebove mentienedeheraeter .which Vis simple in construction, inexpensive, strong Y anddurable and vfurther `well' adapted :forfthe purposes ffor which g it isdesignated.

sOther objects fand advantages offthis in- Mcntionfwiill .become.apparent4 `during the .course ofthe followngdeseription.

In the A accompanying drawings formi-ng 1a. part fof jthis speoioatiomand .in;wh icl1 like numerals designate .like parts throughfout` :thesamef-- 'Figure il is 1a longitudinal sectional .View of ia'lportionofagrain canshowing tliedoor v and .braces positioned athereon in sideteleva-A iton, thedoor Sbeing 1in .enclosed '.poston.

YFigure.3 se verdeel-section teken enlise 3 ,3 of 2Fig `l. Y

Figure .e .is e fragmentary-Seetonel View takenon lineflfegbof Fig. l.d'

Figure .5 is .e .detail perspective iviewef the lower pertien 0i'.thefdeer Showing the gieili disehergeopeiiiiig therein.-

Figure 6 ,is a Hdetail ,sectional .View `vshowing .the loekiiig means.eeeeeieted .with the .door and freine:.theisefeifiend` Plate .end.ifestenng .metile ftheifezfer., Shown disassembled.

In `the drewingemherein for the tpiiipeee I.ef .illustration f ie shown.the prefeiined ibedimeiit ef .my inventien, the numeral .1.deeigiieteegerierelly .the greiii .eer YWhiele ie of t e usuel`construction-. andis .Lproyided..

with'the. deer freine? .end .epeniiig therefeh Ihe ydoor frame? 4 hasitsrear `side .wall 3 .divided f ehown 1in .Figi .2 ef the drawings forthe purpose to be hereinafter rnore fully described. e

My .grain .eer door designated genenelly .bythe numeral 4 comprises thelower ,and @per eeetielie .5 zend 6 ,iaeepeetvely The lower-sectionisproiided with a grain disf ehe-ige @peeing .7 .and .the letterieprefer-` .ebly yterrified .in the greinforeing .well 8 se- `eiiredtoethe .rear `ifiee Q fthelwerieeetieh :5,

asixnilartreinforqing .wall 9 .being associated with the upper eeetienf6. Ae ywill be `reedily .eeen in fFig- 5 ef the drawings, vtlieistripe0f Weed vWleie vferm `.the outer. afeeeor .wall of 4the lower section '5.eX- tend vertically, whereas fthe rienfereing wall` 8 `.eeeilrefl :t0the .rear ieee .theieef "alles ,the @Stripe ftheeef .eXtendir1g:transversely thereto, the :puffpese L .ing wall, 8 Aand `a :suitablelatch `12 is .pvetally L associated with-the closureplatepland is`adapted for cooperation with the locking element 13 which extendsupwardly from the lower door section in the manner as shown more clearlyin Figs. 4 and 5 of the 5 drawings,the purpose of theclosure'plate 10and the locking vmeans therefor v'being to prevent the accidentalopening of the closure plate when the car is filled with grain, thuspreventing the leakage of grain therethrough. The upper section 6 andthe reinforcing wall 9 therefor has alongitudinally f extending rib 14formed Vonl the bottom thereof and this rib is adapted to be receivedinthe longitudinally extending groove 15 formed in the upper edge of theNlower section 5 and the reinforcing wall 8 therefor. A.suitable liningof metal conforming to thel shape of the bead or rib 14 and thecooperating 4channel or groove 15 such as is shown at 16 and 17respectively in the drawings is provided for the purpose .of forming ameans whereby the upper section may be -moved with respect to the lowersection whenever it is necessary. Furthermore, the purpose of thisconstruction is to 'provide a tightiit between the rupper and lowersections of the grain car door thus avoiding any possibility of thegrain leaking thereibetween. Heretofore ithas been Afound necessaryv inconnection with grain cars to provide a suitable vlining of paper or thelikeover the door to prevent the possibility ,of'any grain fromleakingor otherwise'being accidentally discharged from the car through thedoor. f I

-Also with the grain car doors heretofore vin use it has been necessaryto destroy the entire lower section of Ya sectional car door after thecar has reached its destination in order to -enableall of the grain tobe discharged from theI car. This necessitated the replacing of thebroken section by an entirely'new section and also having toreline theentire door each time it was desired to transport grain from one placeto another. By providing a grain car door of the character shownandhereinafter to be more fully described, this unnecessary expense andlabor has been eliminated and'furthermore the proper sealing of thegrain againstv accidental loss due to leakage iis assured.

The sections of the door are adapted to move longitudinally in order touncover the opening in the door frame and this is accomplished byproviding the usual'door'hanger 13 Awhich extends longitudinallyadjacent vthe upper portion of the side of the carover the opening inthe well known manner. The upper section 6A is furthermore provided witha number of upstanding bracketsor the vlike shown at 19 i-n the drawingsand these brackets s upp'ortfthe pulley'wheels 20. kThe latter are'adapted to engage thel upwardly` extending flange 21providedjon thehanger 11 whereby. the upper section may. lbe Afreely moved on the doorhanger when the handle 22 is actuated for the purpose of uncovering theupper portion of the door frame opening whenever desired.

..To further facilitate the free slidable movement ofthe lower section5, the latter is provided with a series of rollers 23 which cooperatewith the bottom of the grain car 24, the rollers being preferablysupported in the cut-out portions 25 in the manner as shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings. The bottom 24 of the grain car is further provided withthe usual guide flanges 26 and 27 respectively between which Aoperatethe lower section of the grain car door 4. A' handle 28 similar to thehandle 22 is secured to the lower section 5 in order to enable to bereadily moved. 1

Extending verticallyv between g the bottom and top of thegrain car andto'one side of the door frame 3 are the, vertical standards 29.'Diagonally extending braces 30 are` adapted to be disposed between thespaced standards 29 and are secured thereto by means of the angleirons31 in the manner as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings'. AvAuxiliarybracing Arods 32 are further provided and the same these bracing rodsextend vertically throughf the bottom ofthe car door and the upperportions of the diagonally extending braces 30 and lalso through theupper portion of the car 1. The'vertical standardsy 29 yarey aryrangedon the inner opposed/'faces of l'the vside of the car in such a manneras to provide a guide means'therebetwe'en for receiving the sections ofthe grain car door when the latter ismoved to uncover-the openingV inthe door frame when'grain is tobe discharged or the car is to be`filled.

For the purpose'of securing the sections of the door in a lockedposition while the same cover the door frame opening, I provide thefastening means such as 1s more I clearly shown in Fig. 6 of thedrawings,`and the same comprises a slotted plate 33 which has its outerend bent upwardly as shown at 34 and this plate is adapted for slidablemovement through an opening formed' in:

each of the sections of the door adjacent the partition 3', a suitablebracket 35 being secured to the inner partition, and a locking pin 36secured to the outer partition iadjacent the outer face of the doorsectionsand Y normally the slotted extension 34 rests on the projection36.V 1n this manner the door sections are held in a locked positionagainst longitudinal movement and whenever-it is necessary to open theydoor or either of they sections thereof, the plate4 33 is raisedupwardly so that thepin 36 will be caused to be brought into registrywith the elongated slot 37 formed in the plate 33 and'by pullingoutwardly onl the upstand'ing portion 34,'- vtheinner end of the plate*will be caused to become disengaged' from/the bracket 35 whereby thedoor section may be free to move within the side of the car in order toopen the same.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, that a grain cardoor has been provided which may be easily and eiiiciently operated toopen or close the door opening of the car, means being provided forlocking the door against accidental opening whereby the loss of grain isprevented and furthermore the construction of the door sections are suchas to enable the same to be moved longitudinally and independently ofeach other as the case necessitates.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improvedapparatus, it Will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensiveand efficient means for carrying out the objects of 'the invention, andWhile I have particularly described the elements best adapted to performthe functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form,proportion, and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to,Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principlesof the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

The combination with a grain car door provided with a grain dischargeopening and further provided with a horizontal ledge adjacent thedischarge opening, a plate valve pivoted to the door and normallyoverlying the discharge opening, a bifureated element hingedly carriedby the valve and being disposed at a point diametrically opposite thepoint of pivotal connection of the valve and door, a threaded elementprojecting from the ledge and adapted to receive the bifurcated element,and a Wing nut threaded upon the threaded element and engaging thebifurcated element and thereby holding the plate valve againstaccidental pivotal movement.

In testimony whereof I afiX my signature.

EDWARD B. PEOPLES.

